Both vitamins and minerals are essential in the diet in small quantities. Learn about the two main vitamin groups and the major mineral elements. This free course, Nutrition: vitamins and minerals, looks at the two main groups of vitamins: the fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K; and the water-soluble vitamins, the B group and vitamin C. It also examines the major mineral elements, and the importance of fluid balance in the body.
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Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Spanish: Espacios públicos, concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. This OpenLearn course focuses on public spaces and how to get by in a Hispanic city. First published on Fri, 08 Jan 2016 as Spanish: espacios públicos. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 Do you want to improve your language skills and communicate more easily and effectively in Spanish? This free course, Spanish: Espacios públicos, concentrates on Spanish as a tool for communication, but it also provides some insights into Hispanic societies and cultures through authentic printed and audio materials. This OpenLearn course focuses on public spaces and how to get by in a Hispanic city. First published on Fri, 08 Jan 2016 as Spanish: espacios públicos. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee then this free course, Human resources: recruitment and selection, will provide a straightforward guide to the process: from writing job descriptions to finally assessing who to appoint. First published on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 as Human resources: recruitment and selection. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 Does the recruitment and selection process fill you with dread? Discrimination and equal opportunities legislation can make this area feel like a minefield. If you are faced with appointing a new employee then this free course, Human resources: recruitment and selection, will provide a straightforward guide to the process: from writing job descriptions to finally assessing who to appoint. First published on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 as Human resources: recruitment and selection. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Learn about the essential numerical skills required for accounting and bookkeeping. This free course, Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, explains the fundamental rules of double-entry bookkeeping and how they are used to produce the balance sheet and the profit and loss account. First published on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 as Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 Learn about the essential numerical skills required for accounting and bookkeeping. This free course, Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting, explains the fundamental rules of double-entry bookkeeping and how they are used to produce the balance sheet and the profit and loss account. First published on Wed, 06 Jan 2016 as Introduction to bookkeeping and accounting. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things in everyday life in a new light. You will also learn how authors use their own personal histories to form the basis of their work.
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Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life. First published on Tue, 08 Mar 2016 as Introducing ageing. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life. First published on Tue, 08 Mar 2016 as Introducing ageing. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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This free course, The range of work with young people, identifies some features that we might use to describe the various settings where work with young people takes place. This encourages us to identify similarities and differences between settings. It then introduces some theoretical perspectives to help us review these settings and thus understand more about the experience for young people and workers. Finally, it uses these perspectives to analyse examples of different settings, relating the theoretical ideas to the realities of practice. First published on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 as The range of work with young people. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 This free course, The range of work with young people, identifies some features that we might use to describe the various settings where work with young people takes place. This encourages us to identify similarities and differences between settings. It then introduces some theoretical perspectives to help us review these settings and thus understand more about the experience for young people and workers. Finally, it uses these perspectives to analyse examples of different settings, relating the theoretical ideas to the realities of practice. First published on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 as The range of work with young people. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Engineering encompasses a broad range of disciplines from design to manufacturing. This free course, Introducing engineering, introduces a number of key themes that explore how engineering is undertaken in our modern world. These themes include engineering design, rules that govern engineers, manufacturing for products and electricity generation using solar energy.
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This free course explores the term 'motivation' and factors affecting motivation. This includes looking at the most influential theories of motivation that contribute to understanding the causes of motivation. The motivation of sports people and people working in sport and fitness environments are used to help understand the theories presented. First published on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 as Motivation and factors affecting motivation. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 This free course explores the term 'motivation' and factors affecting motivation. This includes looking at the most influential theories of motivation that contribute to understanding the causes of motivation. The motivation of sports people and people working in sport and fitness environments are used to help understand the theories presented. First published on Tue, 16 Feb 2016 as Motivation and factors affecting motivation. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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This free course, Looking at, describing and identifying objects, will enable you to practise and develop your skills of observation and description of objects. It will also enable you to interpret objects and work towards writing your own object life cycle. You will also work with, and understand artefact databases. First published on Thu, 10 Dec 2015 as Looking at, describing and identifying objects. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2015 This free course, Looking at, describing and identifying objects, will enable you to practise and develop your skills of observation and description of objects. It will also enable you to interpret objects and work towards writing your own object life cycle. You will also work with, and understand artefact databases. First published on Thu, 10 Dec 2015 as Looking at, describing and identifying objects. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2015

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Respecting the individuality of each person is a central value of social work but, as the term suggests, social work is not only about individual perspectives: it also takes place in a social context. Society, demography, geography, national legislation, national policy, and language all play an important part, both in the lives of service users and carers and in the practice of social work practitioners. This free course, An introduction to social work in Wales, will introduce you to the importance of recognising that social work practice happens in context. In particular, you will learn about what this means for social work in Wales in the Welsh context. First published on Fri, 12 Feb 2016 as An introduction to social work in Wales. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlear Respecting the individuality of each person is a central value of social work but, as the term suggests, social work is not only about individual perspectives: it also takes place in a social context. Society, demography, geography, national legislation, national policy, and language all play an important part, both in the lives of service users and carers and in the practice of social work practitioners. This free course, An introduction to social work in Wales, will introduce you to the importance of recognising that social work practice happens in context. In particular, you will learn about what this means for social work in Wales in the Welsh context. First published on Fri, 12 Feb 2016 as An introduction to social work in Wales. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlear

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This free course introduces and explores the idea of the moral equality of combatants and discusses the question of the basis of liability to killing in war. It invites students to understand and assess the epistemological argument for the moral equality of combatants and other arguments for and against this idea. First published on Fri, 05 Feb 2016 as The moral equality of combatants. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 This free course introduces and explores the idea of the moral equality of combatants and discusses the question of the basis of liability to killing in war. It invites students to understand and assess the epistemological argument for the moral equality of combatants and other arguments for and against this idea. First published on Fri, 05 Feb 2016 as The moral equality of combatants. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Migration is a free course looking at the migrations of animals, with special reference to birds, and also introducing the themes of movement, selection and homeostasis.
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If you are currently engaged in strategic decision-making, or will be in the future, this free course, Introducing a framework for strategy, will stimulate your imagination and inform your judgement. An understanding of the frameworks of strategy and an ability to use them imaginatively will help your organisation survive in the longer-term and perform its role more effectively. First published on Fri, 08 Apr 2016 as Introducing a framework for strategy. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 If you are currently engaged in strategic decision-making, or will be in the future, this free course, Introducing a framework for strategy, will stimulate your imagination and inform your judgement. An understanding of the frameworks of strategy and an ability to use them imaginatively will help your organisation survive in the longer-term and perform its role more effectively. First published on Fri, 08 Apr 2016 as Introducing a framework for strategy. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects. First published on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 as An introduction to material culture. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 This free course, An introduction to material culture, introduces the study of material culture. It asks why we should study things and outlines some basic approaches to studying objects. First published on Mon, 11 Jan 2016 as An introduction to material culture. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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This free course offers an introduction to factors that are important in creativity and innovation at work. It addresses different ideas about the cause of creativity and some key approaches to innovation in organisations.
First published on Mon, 26 Jun 2017 as Creativity and innovation. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2017

What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This study unit will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location. First published on Wed, 09 Apr 2014 as Rural entrepreneurship in Wales. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2014 What are the important issues to consider when starting up or running a small business in a rural environment? This study unit will introduce you to some concepts and models that will help you work out what you want to do with your business idea and to consider the impact of living in a rural location. First published on Wed, 09 Apr 2014 as Rural entrepreneurship in Wales. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2014

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You might not realise it, but maths is an essential component of healthcare. In fact, sloppy calculations can have fatal consequences. This free course, Using numbers and handling data, is designed for those contemplating a future in the health services industry. First published on Wed, 16 Mar 2016 as Using numbers and handling data. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 You might not realise it, but maths is an essential component of healthcare. In fact, sloppy calculations can have fatal consequences. This free course, Using numbers and handling data, is designed for those contemplating a future in the health services industry. First published on Wed, 16 Mar 2016 as Using numbers and handling data. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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Learning new skills is what makes us human but can we improve how we go about learning new things in new situations? Learning how to learn can help you to understand what works for you and what doesn't when you set out to learn new skills, either for work, your education, training or everyday life. In this free course, Key skill assessment: Improving your own learning and performance, you will learn to recognise, use and adapt your skills confidently and effectively in different situations and contexts. First published on Mon, 07 Mar 2016 as Key skill assessment: Improving your own learning and performance. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016 Learning new skills is what makes us human but can we improve how we go about learning new things in new situations? Learning how to learn can help you to understand what works for you and what doesn't when you set out to learn new skills, either for work, your education, training or everyday life. In this free course, Key skill assessment: Improving your own learning and performance, you will learn to recognise, use and adapt your skills confidently and effectively in different situations and contexts. First published on Mon, 07 Mar 2016 as Key skill assessment: Improving your own learning and performance. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2016

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This free course is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and improve your confidence as an independent learner. First published on Thu, 17 Dec 2015 as Studying the arts and humanities. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2015 This free course is an introduction to studying the arts and humanities. It takes you through a series of exercises designed to develop your approach to study and learning at a distance and improve your confidence as an independent learner. First published on Thu, 17 Dec 2015 as Studying the arts and humanities. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2015

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This free course, The science behind wheeled sports, focuses on cycling and wheelchair racing: what we might collectively call wheeled sports. The Scientific concepts such as force, acceleration and speed are also useful for understanding these sports. However, cycling and wheelchair racing differ from other sports in that technology more obviously plays an important role.
First published on Thu, 21 Sep 2017 as The science behind wheeled sports. To find out more visit The Open University's Openlearn website. Creative-Commons 2017